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Originally Posted by fleury
Don't get me wrong, but if these things are pretty serious in training camp (for both BJ and Reed), then why did they bother wasting the clubs time and have surgery then? It really annoys me when players wait for the season to start then drop early. Every sport has this, and whoever is responsible for the players health should be fired when this occurs.
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I'm not sure about Lind but Ryan's arm only started to feel funny over the past couple of weeks so it's not like this was a carry over from spring training. He tried to pitch through it but he's never had a history of elbow injuries so it's somewhat understandable.
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Originally Posted by fleury
Lind IMO is a big step back defensively and offensively, from having Johnson in the lineup. Ryan I'm sure we can do without since the offense most of the time should be able to have a 2 run advantage going into the 9th, which should not be a problem most nights for any pitcher to come in and close out. It's just disappointing and a let down to have 2 guys leave this early in the season. On the other hand, the Jays could be in the Yankees position and have Pettitte and Mussina go down (2 guys I have in my fantasy pool dammit). Any chance of the Jays picking up Clemens to improve their starting lineup?
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Lind is definitely a huge step down from Johnson defensively but I feel he is almost equal offensively and he will soon be better as well. It's defensively where the Jays get immediately hurt - Lind is pretty bad defensively in left field and Stairs is almost worse. On the plus side, Lind is improving every day and it will only speed up his development if he's getting more playing time.
This team will miss Ryan's automatic 9th innings but the AAA club has a solid set of relievers and Toronto's bullpen has been very good so far as well. Losing League is going to hurt though, he could have stepped in for Ryan if he wasn't hurt.